yr Polis A | Transcripts

by Steven Alvarez

yr Polis A | census reports exclusive

it has to do w. the menwomen & children of PolisB who harvest their data inthispolis of ours the best polison earthis | hell | are the forgottendenizensunder the undertow theunderfootwe Polis A present thisreportof thanksgiving bc| work | not for the laborof the denizens you aregoing to meetwe might not startbut yr media wd not beladen w. the luxuries thatyou have all come toregard as central . . .we shd approve to meetsome of yr fellow citizens ofPolis A who have this beforeor the best polis on earththis is an old love solidon the exodus of Polis B hasits beginning every year

yr Polis A citizens | Polis B denizens

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Steven Alvarez is the author of The Codex Mojaodicus, winner of the 2016 Fence Modern Poets Prize. He has also authored the novels in verse The Pocho Codex (2011) and The Xicano Genome (2013), both published by Editorial Paroxismo, and the chapbooks, Tonalamatl, El Segundo's Dream Notes (2017, Letter [r] Press), Un/documented, Kentucky (2016, winner of the Rusty Toque Chapbook Prize), and Six Poems from the Codex Mojaodicus (2014, winner of the Seven Kitchens Press Rane Arroyo Poetry Prize). His work has appeared in the Best Experimental Writing (BAX), Berkeley Poetry Review, Fence, Huizache, The Offing, and Waxwing. Follow Steven on Instagram @stevenpaulalvarez and Twitter @chastitellez.